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The beloved oreo cookie steals the show in this amazing vegan chocolate cake! This oil-free cake is perfect for birthdays and special occasions!

Well hello there, everyone! I hope you all are doin’ well. I mentioned in the post for my Vegan Cranberry Flax Muffins that I would doing a recipe for my birthday cake and well.. here it is! This past Thursday marked my 26th birthday! I have officially lived for a quarter century. I would absolutely have to say that this last year has been one of the best! 25 will go down as a year of learning and growth within myself. Success! Cake is definitely in order.

For my past birthdays, my mom or S.O. would order a cake from a bakery and it would be all pretty and taste delicious, but tummy aches were definitely to be had. Last year they ordered me a vegan cake from a specialty bakery here in YYC, but it fell short of my expectations, to say the least.
What the fudge man. What the fudge.

So this year I decided to take my birthday cake into my own hands. I had initially planned to do a chocolate cake (OF COURSE) with a vegan bavarian cream filling. I’ve probably had that combo 5-6 times of my last 7 birthdays, in non-vegan form. Apparently, I’m a big fan of that combination! But last minute I decided to go with a chocolate-oreo cake instead. Not sure why I changed my mind, but what the hell, I’ll run with it. Oreos are my favourite variety of sh*tty grocery store shelf cookies, so I’m definitely okay with a little oreo indulgence!…

Okay, before we get to this (totally delicious) recipe, I have a serious bone to pick. It’s time to get real about serving sizes. Am I the only one that pretty much never eats the “recommended serving size” on most foods? People, prepare yourselves for a whole lot of textual yelling. …

This recipe for carrot cake is easy, vegan, and OIL FREE! The cake is moist, perfectly spiced, and topped with a smooth vegan cream cheese icing. Carrot cake doesn’t have to be a guilty pleasure anymore!

Am I the only one that looks back on every year and wonders where the hell the first 3 months of the year went?

Well, here we are. 2017 is nearly one-quarter done. And you know what that means. It means that spring has finally arrived. SPRING. IS. HERE. Spring “officially” arrived last week, but you know how it is, those first days where the weather doesn’t quite know what season it really is. But I think it’s safe to say, another winter is behind us. Yaasss. Getcho stupid ass out of here, winter. *rolls eyes*.